diff --git a/lib/vtls/openssl.c b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
index f1c9e8bbd6..764d829325 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/openssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
@@ -5684,10 +5684,8 @@ static CURLcode ossl_get_channel_binding(struct Curl_easy *data, int sockindex,
       break;
     }
 
-    if(cf->next)
-      cf = cf->next;
-
-  } while(cf->next);
+    cf = cf->next;
+  } while(cf);
 
   if(!octx) {
     failf(data, "Failed to find the SSL filter");